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DISPLAY PANEL.

APE'LICATION FILED JAN-12,1921.

1,423,003, Patented July 18, 1922.

WARREN .R. MINNICK, O1 READING, PENNSYLVANIA.

DISPLAY PANEL.

Application filed January 12, 1921.

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WARREN R. MINNIOK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Reading, in the county of Berks and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Display Panels, of which the following-is a specification.

lvly invention relates particularly to display panels or cards which are commonly used for advertising, purpose and it con sists in providing improved supporting means therefor as fully described in connection with the accompanying drawing, the novel features being clearly defined in the claim.

Fig. 1 shows a rear elevation of a portion of a display panel. having my supporting device in normal inoperative position thereon; supporting positions to which the pertions thereof are movable being indicated in dotted lines.

Fig. 2 is cross-sectional view on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1; the several positions to which respective portions of the supporting device are movable being indicated.

Fig. 3 is asimilar view to Fig. l but showin; the supporting-leg portion of the device swung into the suspendingr position as inclicated by dotted lines in F l.

The construction specifically shown embodies my complete invention in preferred term. and the cross-sectional view thereof cxaggeratcs the thicknesses of the sheet mate rial employed so as to clearly reveal the con sti'uction,

The display panel comprises a sheet metal back 5 and an ornamental facing G of embossed celluloid or the like formed up as usual with toldcd marginal portions 7. In the preferred construction shown I employ in :inldition a secondary backing sheet 8, of still paper or the like, which is also folded in' at the marginal portions 7 and which is utilized, as shown, in pivotally securing; the supportingstrip attachment 10.

This supporting attachment 10 is a narrow strip of thin metal or like flexible material, secured to the back of the panel at a point 11 intermediate of its length so as to form Specification of Letters Patent.

tion 19; so as to serve PatentedJnly 18, Serial No. 436,686.-

engaged in a marginal pocket 14 ofthe panel as indicated; but for service, each portion is independently bendable into a panel-sup porting position as may be required for con venient display. Thus the apcrtured shorter.

portion 13 may be bent back to the clottedline position 13 so as to serve as a suspension arm for the panel; while the longer portion 12 may be bent back to the dotted-line posias a supporting leg on a table or the like.

As shown the supporting attachment 10 is provided with a pivotal connection to the panel which permits of its moving upon the connecting point 11 so as to'enable its longer portion 12 to be used not only as a supporting leg as indicated at 12. but also when desired, as a longsuspension arm in the manner indicated in Fig. 3 and at 12" Fig". 2. This pivotal connection is preferably made, as shown, by spot-welding the supporting strip 10 to a rotatable plate 15 interposed between the metal back 5 and the secondary backing sheet 8; the latter being apertured to permit welding contact of the supporting strip 10 and the retaining plate 1.5. If this swinging movement of the s'rip 10 is not desired the connection 1]. may obviously be made rigid instead of pivotal, and the constructionparticularly set forth may be otherwise modified within the invention as defined in the claim.

What I claim is: I

A display panel comprising a metallic backing sheet and a secondary backing sheet marginally flanged together, a metal disc interposed between said backing; sheets, an aperture in said secondary backing sheet exposing part of said disc, and a metallic supporting; strip secured to said disc by a spot weld through said backing aperture.

In testimony whereof I my signature.

WARREN R. MINNICK. 

